BrickKicker Home Inspection Celebrates 20 years.

June 2009 calls for a proud celebration in the world of the BrickKicker.

We’re going to dress up a birthday cake with colorful frosting, glittering sprinkles and 20 glowing candles. Each candle represents a year of our company’s mission to serve the home buying process … and with each flicker of the flames, we will readily account for a lesson learned, challenge met, or an inspection mystery solved.

Founded in Naperville, IL, we humbly rolled up our sleeves, dug in and exceeded the initial expectations of our clients and customers. We lit our first candle in 1990, just as the real estate market was rebounding from record high interest rates through the 80’s, and as property values were back on the rise. Steadily, the home inspection industry was achieving its initial stripes of credibility thus, earning baby steps toward becoming a ‘standard option’ to the transaction process.

Meantime, The BrickKicker implemented an innovative business strategy, while simultaneously refining the craft of performing trusted inspections. In turn, we enjoyed a generous market share locally, gaining a bit of wisdom every day. Our most prized rewards however, came from those we served and sharing a few treasured moments as they glowed with the excitement that only new homeowners can.

Within a few years, our ambition was captured by a national vision … we started franchising in 1995. Still, with a ‘roll up our sleeves’ philosophy; we imparted our vision of service to enthusiastic entrepreneurs across the country who shared a similar commitment. Today, our brand stretches across 23 states and has become a symbol of professional excellence and service quality.

If the past is a barometer of the future, we expect each and every BrickKicker to be instrumental in lighting a new candle each year, for another 20 years. Here’s to them, to you and to all of the great friends we’ve met along the way. Many thanks for the rewarding memories represented by each of those candles.

OK, they’re all lit. Let’s take a deep breath and … !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ron

The BrickKicker Invites Your Client To...Come Home.

We've always believed our service offers more than a paper report containing check marks of how an item might be measured with a comment related to its condition or operation. One should expect more value from our time together at the inspection ... and, of course, we are ever-persistent in realizing that result.

Some might ask why? ... why is it an integral part of our philosophy to extend ourselves beyond the minimum standard of service as we do our work? Well, it's just very simple. We believe homebuyers are just that ... HOMEbuyers - not housebuyers.

Now, we realize that, at first, the objective is to find the right house. Yes, it's got to be in the right location, offer enough space and be a good fit overall. When the right one comes along ... "it's a dream house". So, when does this house become a home? Well, maybe it's a bit presumptuous, but we believe in many cases this magical transition occurs during the inspeciton; that is, IF the inspection is more than an inspection.

As we work our way thought the inspection process, our clients begin to capture an appreciation for the house and its various systems. They become educated in a variety of cause / effect conditions while understanding its construction character. Sharing this time in a cordial and consultative manner helps the buyer begin to visualize this house being their home. So that's why ... it's part of the reward of our profession ... we've enjoyed waching thousands of our clients arrive at the house for an inspection and somewhere in the process noticing that they have Come Home. Maybe it is magic. Magic or not, we believe in the possibilities that our work makes a difference.